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Articles with tag "Extremism"

Jehovah's Witnesses

Russia Jails Jehovah's Witness for 6 Years for Extremism

Vladimir Alushkin was found guilty of extremist activity.
Extremism

Russian Court Convicts Danish Jehovah’s Witness to 6 Years for 'Extremism'

It is the first such ruling since the group was labeled an "extremist organization."
Religion

Russian Investigators Launch Extremism Probe Against Suspected Jehovah's Witnesses Leader

Russia outlawed Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, equating the country’s estimated 175,000 adherents to members of a terrorist group.
Extremism

Why the FSB Is Shutting Down Concerts and Tailing Musicians

Two attacks by young assailants in October may help explain Russia’s recent clampdown on ‘harmful cultural influences.’
Internet

Will Russia Stop Arresting Its Citizens For Posting Memes?

After Putin proposes softening an extremism law, skeptics say the liberalization is a facade.
Extremism

Putin Proposes Legislation to Decriminalize Online Extremism

Under the legislation, first-time offenders will be subject to administrative, rather than criminal, proceedings.
Social media

Miss Hitler Pageant Pulled From Russian Social Media After Complaints

Contestants submitted photographs of themselves giving Nazi salutes, posing in front of swastikas and displaying other Nazi insignia.
Extremism

Russian Businesswoman Charged With Extremism for Parodying Judges

Investigators suspect Kovaleva of offending “the judiciary” social group with her traditional Russian limericks known as chastushki.
Extremism

Autistic Man Charged in Russia With Extremism Over Social Media Post

"A normal person would never guess that the image has anything to do with extremism. Let alone an autistic person," the man's mother wrote.
Social media

Moscow Court Transfers Teenagers Charged With Extremism to House Arrest

The case has stirred controversy in recent weeks after reports that the girls’ health had deteriorated.
Extremism

A ‘Mothers’ March’ in Moscow for Teenage Girls Charged With Extremism

Hundreds braced the pouring rain to protest the pretrial detentions of two teenagers held on extremism charges.
Extremism

How a Teenage Girl’s Chat Group Became an FSB Snare

With six people still detained, the facts of the Novoye Velichiye case remain blurred.
Religion

Russian Blogger Gets Suspended Sentence for 'Extremist' Religious Joke

Last year, Russia blacklisted two videos in which Ilya Davydov jokes about the Quran.
Telegram

Russia’s ‘Big Brother’ Law Enters Into Force

Controversial anti-terror legislation requiring storage of people's communications entered into force on Sunday
Social media

Russian Activist Faces 1.5 Years in Jail for Internet Memes

Russian internet users have been increasingly targeted with prison sentences for social media activity since 2015.
Religion

Danish Jehovah’s Witness Faces 10-Year 'Extremism' Sentence in Russia, NGO Warns

HRW accused the Russian authorities of “seeking to punish a Jehovah’s Witness for exercising his right to practice his religion.”
Muslims

Putin Calls for a 'Revival' of Islamic Education in Russia

Thousands of young radicalized Russians have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join jihadist fighters.
St. Petersburg

FSB Arrests Russian Police Chief In Sting Operation, Accomplice Flees in Car Chase

The accomplice made off with 1 million counterfeit rubles that FSB agents used to stage the sting operation.
Navalny

Navalny Volunteer Sentenced for ‘Inciting Hatred’

Mironov allegedly shared an image of a military draft card with the caption “God bless the USA, Keep calm and f-ck Russia”
Roskomnadzor

Daily Stormer Booted From Russia for 'Propagandizing Neo-Nazi Ideology'

Russia’s media watchdog requested the Daily Stormer neo-Nazi website be blocked on Thursday
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